Native Latin American Cultures Through Their Discourse

" -Dan Ben-AmosAuthors examine weeping, double-talk, community-building, music, myth, humor and play, and concepts of time and history in various native Latin American communities.

List of contents

Preface

Ellen B. Basso

Introduction: Discourse as an Integrating Concept in Anthropology and Folklore Research

Janet Wall Hendricks

Manipulating Time in an Amazonian Society: Genre and Event among the Shuar

Jane H. Hill

Weeping as a Meta-signal in a Mexicano Womans Narrative

Susan Paulson

Double-talk in the Andes: Ambiguous Discourse as a Means of Surviving Contact

John H. McDowell

The Community-building Mission of a Kamsa Ritual Language

Joel Sherzer

On Play, Joking, Humor, and Tricking in Kuna:

The Agouti Story

Jonathan D. Hill

Myth, Music, and History: Poetic Transformations of Narrative Discourse in an Amazonian Society

Ellen B. Basso

The Last Cannibal

Contributors

About the author

ELLEN B. BASSO is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Arizona. Her published work includes A Musical View of the University: Kalapalo Myth and Ritual Performances.

Summary

Examines discursive practices, primarily in narrative and ceremonial texts, to reveal the relationship of language, culture, society, and the individual.

Product details

• Authors: John Henry McDowell, Joel Sherzer
• Assisted by: Ellen B. Basso (Editor)
• Publisher: Indiana University, Folklore Institute
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.03.1992
• EAN: 9781879407008
• ISBN: 978-1-879407-00-8
• No. of pages: 184
• Weight: 313 g
• Series: Special Publications of the Fo; Special Publications of the Folklore Institute, Indiana University; Special Publications of the Fo
• Subjects: Guides > Spirituality > Ancient knowledge, ancient cultures; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous